First performance on keyboards!!

So this past weekend was my very first opportunity to play keys live with my band 'NRG'. Since I am new to playing keys on stage, I wanted to keep it simple. Just brought one keyboard, one effect, played one song.

There were lots of issues to learn and sort first.
-Learn the song (that was the easy part)
-Tuning the keyboard
-Transposing the keyboard
-PA hookup
-Onstage monitoring
-EQing the keyboard channel on the PA
-Adding and adjusting effects

Now, to the fun part Its the 3rd set, 6th song time to hand my bass over to another band member and play keys!! Ok, I was a bit nervous. Never done this keyboard stuff with a club full of folks, being amplified by a 4200 watt PA. It felt a bit different than just me in my music room. When we started the song, the first thing I noticed was my level of concentration (the chords and dynamics). I really had to think about what I was doing, whereas bass playing just seems to flow out of my fingers without thought or effort. I also noticed that it was easy to be a part of the groove, even though I wasnt holding my bass. The sound on stage was really much nicer than I expected, it cut through the stage mix well, considering that I was just using our monitor system (which is eqd for high vocal gain without feedback).

I loved it!!! The way it felt to play, the way the chording lays in the acoustic landscape, and the whole bit. Cant wait to play again, add songs, etc. The band member who played bass sounded good and seemed to enjoy it!!!

Awesome!! Good job man, I played keyboards in a band up until the point when I realized that I sucked a lot and quit before they got a chance to fire me, hehe. But the keys were the best addition to my current band. Really opens up the sound.